Comments for Ed In The Apple http://mets2006.wordpress.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Bluster or Bullying: Is It All About the Race to the Top Dollars, or Has Bloomberg Decided to Confront the Union? Posturing for Obama/Duncan or Rolling in the Gutter With Mulgrew? Remember Mike Quill? by Andy Wolf http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/bluster-or-bullying-is-it-all-about-the-race-to-the-top-dollars-or-has-bloomberg-decided-to-confront-the-union-posturing-for-obamaduncan-or-rolling-in-the-gutter-with-mulgrew-remember-mike-quill/#comment-6268 Andy Wolf Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:04 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=847#comment-6268 The UFT is looking sillier and sillier for supporting the continuation of unfettered mayoral control and not supporting Bill Thompson in the recent election. The UFT is looking sillier and sillier for supporting the continuation of unfettered mayoral control and not supporting Bill Thompson in the recent election.

]]> Comment on Big Winners and Big Losers: Elections Have Consequences and the Victories for Liu and Di Blasio Are Big Wins for UFT, How Will They Impact the Contract Negotiations and Beyond? by Bitazelmimi http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/big-winners-and-big-losers-elections-have-consequences-and-the-victories-for-liu-and-di-blasio-are-big-wins-for-uft-how-will-they-impact-the-contract-negotiations-and-beyond/#comment-6267 Bitazelmimi Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:15 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=787#comment-6267 I am always searching for recent informations in the WWW about this issue. Thx! I am always searching for recent informations in the WWW about this issue. Thx!

]]> Comment on “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students, Parents, Teachers and Principals Are Morally Indefensible. by Math Educator http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/3-is-not-enough-school-progress-reports-that-delude-students-parents-teachers-and-principals-are-morally-indefensible/#comment-6266 Math Educator Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:31:12 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-6266 I think you've identified a real issue here, but your critique is wide of the mark. It's not a pleasant truth to confront, but it's a fact: a school can be doing a solid (or even a good) job and its students can still be way behind at the end of the year (or in March). Students don't come to school performing at the same level and they don't get the same out-of-school supports (whether the basics of food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, or the experiences those of us who grew up middle-class take for granted: books at home, trips to museums, daily interactions with caring and demanding adult family members). Why is this the case? Pervasive social inequality - of which schools are often a part, but not the whole. Looking at gains is far more "morally defensible" than just looking at whether students clear a hurdle at the end of the year. But what would be even better would be to confront some of the reasons that students come to school with less -- and the reasons that they then get even less at school. This is not making "excuses" -- it's taking our role as educators and as advocates for those most in need genuinely and seriously. I think you’ve identified a real issue here, but your critique is wide of the mark. It’s not a pleasant truth to confront, but it’s a fact: a school can be doing a solid (or even a good) job and its students can still be way behind at the end of the year (or in March). Students don’t come to school performing at the same level and they don’t get the same out-of-school supports (whether the basics of food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, or the experiences those of us who grew up middle-class take for granted: books at home, trips to museums, daily interactions with caring and demanding adult family members). Why is this the case? Pervasive social inequality – of which schools are often a part, but not the whole.

Looking at gains is far more “morally defensible” than just looking at whether students clear a hurdle at the end of the year. But what would be even better would be to confront some of the reasons that students come to school with less — and the reasons that they then get even less at school. This is not making “excuses” — it’s taking our role as educators and as advocates for those most in need genuinely and seriously.

]]> Comment on “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students, Parents, Teachers and Principals Are Morally Indefensible. by canwetalk http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/3-is-not-enough-school-progress-reports-that-delude-students-parents-teachers-and-principals-are-morally-indefensible/#comment-6265 canwetalk Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:48:57 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-6265 The school I teach in received 56 points of 100, which is a B, on the SPR. The principal was jumping for joy and wanted the staff to celebrate. Everyone wondered how is it possible that a B can be given based on the those meager points. This is more shameful than the 30 points out of 86 points on the Integrated Algrebra Regents equal to a 65 and students thinking that they know their math, until reality hits them in the face - college! The school I teach in received 56 points of 100, which is a B, on the SPR. The principal was jumping for joy and wanted the staff to celebrate. Everyone wondered how is it possible that a B can be given based on the those meager points. This is more shameful than the 30 points out of 86 points on the Integrated Algrebra Regents equal to a 65 and students thinking that they know their math, until reality hits them in the face – college!

]]> Comment on “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students, Parents, Teachers and Principals Are Morally Indefensible. by Andrew Wolf http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/3-is-not-enough-school-progress-reports-that-delude-students-parents-teachers-and-principals-are-morally-indefensible/#comment-6264 Andrew Wolf Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:34:53 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-6264 Right on the money. Lying to parents, kids and the public is a prescription for disaster. Just saying a kid can do the work doesn't make it so. But where was the UFT to reform mayoral control and during the election? Right on the money. Lying to parents, kids and the public is a prescription for disaster. Just saying a kid can do the work doesn’t make it so. But where was the UFT to reform mayoral control and during the election?

]]> Comment on “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students, Parents, Teachers and Principals Are Morally Indefensible. by “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students … School’s Rate http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/3-is-not-enough-school-progress-reports-that-delude-students-parents-teachers-and-principals-are-morally-indefensible/#comment-6263 “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students … School’s Rate Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:20 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-6263 [...] from:  “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students … By admin | category: students school | tags: highly-unreliable, memory-card, one-year, [...] [...] from:  “3″ Is Not Enough: School Progress Reports That Delude Students … By admin | category: students school | tags: highly-unreliable, memory-card, one-year, [...]

]]> Comment on The UFT Contract Negotiations, the RttT Funding and the State Budget Debacle: How Do You Agree to Teacher Salary Increases in a Time of Potential Drastic Budget Cuts? Can the Mike(s) Craft a Win-Win? by Remainders: Bronx student shot on her way home from HS | GothamSchools http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-uft-contract-negotiations-the-rttt-funding-and-the-state-budget-debacle-how-do-you-agree-to-teacher-salary-increases-in-a-time-of-potential-drastic-budget-cuts-can-the-mikes-craft-a-win-win/#comment-6261 Remainders: Bronx student shot on her way home from HS | GothamSchools Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:33:31 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=838#comment-6261 [...] Mid-year cuts to schools could make teacher raises look really bad, writes a UFT blogger. [...] [...] Mid-year cuts to schools could make teacher raises look really bad, writes a UFT blogger. [...]

]]> Comment on Will the Race to the Top Drag Obama Down? Is the $4 Billion the Gold At the End of the Rainbow or the Proverbial Thirty Pieces of Silver? by John P. http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/will-the-race-to-the-top-drag-obama-down-is-the-4-billion-the-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow-or-the-proverbial-thirty-pieces-of-silver/#comment-6258 John P. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:12:19 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=835#comment-6258 Klein/Bloomberg with try very hard for this money. I wonder if there will be any effect on the current contract negotiations? We may be in trouble now. Klein/Bloomberg with try very hard for this money. I wonder if there will be any effect on the current contract negotiations? We may be in trouble now.

]]> Comment on Will the Race to the Top Drag Obama Down? Is the $4 Billion the Gold At the End of the Rainbow or the Proverbial Thirty Pieces of Silver? by nate schiavo http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/will-the-race-to-the-top-drag-obama-down-is-the-4-billion-the-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow-or-the-proverbial-thirty-pieces-of-silver/#comment-6257 nate schiavo Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:22:02 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=835#comment-6257 In "racing to the top" Obama has proven himself another NCLB junkie. I am sad that he appointed A. Duncan, another one to have never taught one kid anything. I hope when they come in search or the teacher's unions support next time they find none. They all see it in such simple terms. Bad scores on one test, once a year and the child has been failed by the teacher. Must be bad teaching. Get rid of bad teacher. Always black and white. But good teaching is never so. In “racing to the top” Obama has proven himself another NCLB junkie. I am sad that he appointed A. Duncan, another one to have never taught one kid anything. I hope when they come in search or the teacher’s unions support next time they find none.

They all see it in such simple terms. Bad scores on one test, once a year and the child has been failed by the teacher. Must be bad teaching. Get rid of bad teacher. Always black and white. But good teaching is never so.

]]> Comment on “V,” Ayn Rand and the Direction of Education Policy: Does the Chancellor Matter? Is It a Question of Style Over Substance? by Alice http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/v-ayn-rand-and-the-direction-of-education-policy-does-the-chancellor-matter-is-it-a-question-of-style-over-substance/#comment-6256 Alice Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:02:04 +0000 http://mets2006.wordpress.com/?p=831#comment-6256 The real dilemna is that this chancellor is not someone who matters to New York City's teachers. What anecdote can anyone recall from Klein about his teaching days? Whether in a lunchroom or at a party, teachers endlessly discuss their students, their victories and their defeats. It is not genuine for Klein to pontificate. Teachers want guidance and support. Would we want our surgeon to be trained by a lawyer? By a businessman? Teaching is a specialty. We do not pay to go to a concert to hear someone sing off-key. Why are we listening to someone who has not been one of us? Has Klein ever taught? I am certain that there is a teacher in New York City, someone with over twenty years in the classroom, someone who is respected by students, parents and fellow teachers who could truly be the doorkeeper on education, not the doorstop. The real dilemna is that this chancellor is not someone who matters to New York City’s teachers. What anecdote can anyone recall from Klein about his teaching days? Whether in a lunchroom or at a party, teachers endlessly discuss their students, their victories and their defeats. It is not genuine for Klein to pontificate. Teachers want guidance and support. Would we want our surgeon to be trained by a lawyer? By a businessman? Teaching is a specialty. We do not pay to go to a concert to hear someone sing off-key. Why are we listening to someone who has not been one of us? Has Klein ever taught? I am certain that there is a teacher in New York City, someone with over twenty years in the classroom, someone who is respected by students, parents and fellow teachers who could truly be the doorkeeper on education, not the doorstop.

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